Girls hoops: Wilson seals win for Chatham

CHATHAM – Sydney Wilson scored six points, including the game-clinching basket with 20 seconds left, to lead Chatham to a 54-49 girls basketball victory over Bishop Connolly yesterday.

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CHATHAM – Sydney Wilson scored six points, including the game-clinching basket with 20 seconds left, to lead Chatham to a 54-49 girls basketball victory over Bishop Connolly yesterday.

Down 26-20 at halftime, the Blue Devils (3-10) buckled down on defense, switching to a half-court press defense that forced turnovers and allowed them to capitalize.

Savannah Chase led all scorers with 18 points while setting up her teammates as point guard. Shannon Davenport had 16 for Chatham.

SOMERSET – The Vineyarders used stifling first-half defense to build a lead and never looked back in an Eastern Athletic Conference win over the Raiders.

Jillian Sedlier led all scorers with 14 points, and Katie Hines and Jen Lindland each scored 12 for MV (7-7, 2-3 EAC), which led 28-12 at halftime. Lindland scored eight of her 12 in the fourth quarter, hitting all four free-throw attempts to help the Vineyarders iced it.

HYANNIS – The Storm exploded offensively in the second half behind Vani Patel's 20 points en a defeat of the Knights.

Patel hit two 3-pointers for Sturgis (5-9). Marley McSweeney added 15 and Kyra Dawaulder had 11 for the Storm, who led 21-15 before turning up the intensity in the second half.

HARWICH – The Crusaders outscored the Cheftains 22-2 in the second half and came away with a Mayflower League victory, improving to 9-8 overall and in league play.

Iesha Askew hustled from whistle to whistle and finished with eight points for Cape Tech. Alyssa Llorentty scored seven in one her best performances of the season and Brianna Thompson chipped in eight points.

Bristol Aggie held a slim 10-9 advantage at the half before the Cape Tech defense took over and dominated in the second.

HYANNIS – The Red Raiders stormed out to a 27-6 lead by the end of the first half and rolled to an Old Colony League win over the Bombardiers.

Rogetta Donaldson led Barnstable (5-8, 3-2 OCL) with 11 points while grabbing seven rebounds. Alex Rurycz had nine points and a team-high nine rebounds, and Olivia Costello had nine points to go along with five rebounds.

Regan Bristol grabbed nine boards and eighth-grader Colleen Kenney made her first varsity appearance for the Raiders and pulled down a rebound.

Costello played well at point guard and controlled the tempo for Barnstable, which blocked 11 Attleboro shots while outrebounding the Bombardiers 42-20.

FALMOUTH – Two late free throws gave the Panthers the edge, helping them remain undefeated in the Atlantic Coast League with an overtime victory over a feisty Clippers squad.

Falmouth's Kailaya Mills hit a jumper with just seconds to play to tie it at 36.Melissa Rodden opened the overtime with a 3-pointer for Plymouth South, only to be answered by a 3-pointer by Elizabeth Knox. Rodden sank two free throws to seal the victory.

The Clippers (8-7, 6-3 ACL) led 17-16 at the half and 28-22 midway through the second half.

Mills led Falmouth with 16 points and 11 rebounds while Shannon Marcoux added 12 points and Knox finished with eight. Audrey Medeiros led the Panthers with 18 points.

EAST SANDWICH – The Blue Knights battled hard but came up short against a determined Rams squad.

Alex Gent had a season-high 10 points with nine rebounds and Malika Young netted nine points while making five steals.

The game was tied at halftime 22-22.

WALPOLE – Mikayla Young hit five 3-pointers and finished with 19 points but Upper Cape could not get past a powerful Norfolk Aggie team.

Early pressure by Norfolk Aggie led to costly turnovers by the visiting Rams. A.J. Bracken led Norfolk Aggie with 12 points and Lisa Smith added 11 toward the winning effort.

Kristin Pina added six points for Upper Cape (2-13, 0-6 Mayflower), which will play again on Tuesday against Bristol Aggie.

BRIDGEWATER – The Vikings went on an 11-0 run in the fourth quarter to blow open a tight game against the Falcons.

Mashpee (3-11, 0-11 South Shore League) trailed by just four points with six minutes left. After two quick East Bridgewater 3-pointers and some free throws, the Falcons found themselves down by 15 a minute later.

Johnica Farmer led a balanced Mashpee scoring attack with 11 points, including a 3-pointer.